Notices by malte (malte@radikal.social)

Another simple answer that often doesn't get aired: "Why are so many countries around the world just ignoring what is happening in Gaza?" - "Because of racism. That's the simple answer, I would say."

The inspiring thing with Thunberg is actually her use of anger. She doesn't "act it out" in sudden outburst of aggression without thinking her actions through. She remains cool, calm and collected, but it doesn't take away the focus and intensity of her righteous anger. Quite the opposite. If anything, she's a woman on a mission. And she's using her anger psychologically in the most appropriate way possible.

I say this because most adults can learn a thing or two about the way she uses anger to shove away the bullshit and see reality more clearly. There's so much noise interfering with the simple fact that Israel is committing a genocide, that European states are supporting Israel to do it and that our media continue to make that possible by parroting Israeli press releases https://theintercept.com/2025/05/25/how-to-write-about-palestine

Greta Thunberg continues to be one of the most mature voices in mainstream media. After having arrived in Paris, a journalist asks her what she has to say about the American tyrant's comment that "She's an angry woman that needs anger management". Thunberg's answer is short and sweet: "Well, I think the world needs a lot more angry women, especially with everything going on right now."

@evan Spruce tips or spruce cones?

@evan I realize I don't know actually. I'm less than quarterly for going to a chatbot looking for answers. But I use translators like Google Translate and DeepL perhaps weekly. They would qualify as LLM right?

@evan Yes, but not the ultimate goal.

@evan This inspires me to take a perspective from Yvonne Agazarian. I think the correct word would be self-centeredness. And then, to not only take things personally (which is dysfunctional self-centeredness), we need a connection to our various memberships in communities (friends, neighbors, colleagues, topics). The life force comes from the body and is at the center (self), but development of that energy happens when we go out and take a membership in community with others.

Why is Elon Musk taking so much #ketamine these days? I'm not interested in sarcastic answers here. Only sober drug analysis. (And this is not sarcastic either, if you wondered). #ElonMusk #Drugs

@askkatzeff That sounds pretty likely to me. The reason I ask is also that I don't have that much experience with ketamine (and none taking it). It's an anxiolytic though, i.e. it reduces anxiety. Anxiety is extremely common in depression, so it supports your thought. It raises other questions: What is Musk anxious about? We might never know. And is the ketamine paradoxically provoking him to be even more anxious? (Strong anxiolytic drugs like benzos have that withdrawal effect).

@rasmusfleischer Jag lyssnar mycket på NTS också. Jag trodde också de var oberoende, men blev tyvärr uppmärksammad av @lillenicxx att Universal har köpt dem.

@evan Oh, I assume that gets translated differently in other softwares then. What does AS2 do normally?

@evan Off-topic, but I recall you saying that you had at some point wished for another way to filter content than CW. Did I remember correct and did you write more about it? I'm curious what the alternatives are or could be.

I decided to become a monthly backer of @fedify. I'm not a programmer, but I understand they're doing some of the important behind-the-scenes work in the fediverse that helps all the other more visible projects like #Ghost federate with other platforms. https://opencollective.com/fedify

@dansup Could you collaborate with other people who run pixelfed servers so that the first default server new users see are other domains than pixelfed.social ? Create a pipeline for decentralisation. I know your biggest ambition is for the protocol to shine and this will help it do so in times of massive influx. Hopefully won't be the last either.

Is there an easy way to search your own posts on Mastodon? #feditips

@atomicpoet That's not my reading of the charts. Pixelfed has 308.000 users in December and 316.000 in January. Where do you see 50.000 joining today?

@atomicpoet Oh, I see what you mean. 50.000 joined the Fediverse today - right?

@evan No, but. No, because in several ways, the United States represents a cooptation of the democratic spirit. Until around the mid 19th Cent. 'democracy' was a slur against popular revolts not unlike how 'terrorism' is used today against all sorts of things like climate action, labor strikes etc. The US establishment claimed 'democracy' when they managed to change it to mean voting for a representative. David Graeber told the story in his 2013 book The Democracy Project.

I wonder if humans have ever had a dormancy period of some kind and whether the well-known winter depression is just a trace of a more functional relationship to the seasons.